Aberdeen

American  

[ab-er-deen, ab-er-deen] / ˌæb ərˈdin, ˈæb ərˌdin /

noun

1. Also called Aberdeenshire.  a historic county in NE Scotland.

2. a seaport in NE Scotland, on the North Sea: administrative center of the Grampian region.

3. a city in NE South Dakota.

4. a seaport in W Washington.

5. a town in NE Maryland.

6. a fishhook having an extended bend.

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Aberdeen ¹ British  

/ ˌæbəˈdiːn /

noun

1. a city in NE Scotland, on the North Sea: centre for processing North Sea oil and gas; university (1494). Pop: 184 788 (2001)

2. a council area in NE Scotland, established in 1996. Pop: 206 600 (2003 est). Area: 186 sq km (72 sq miles)

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Aberdeen ² British  

/ ˌæbəˈdiːn /

noun

1. George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of. 1784–1860, British statesman. He was foreign secretary under Wellington (1828) and Peel (1841–46); became prime minister of a coalition ministry in 1852 but was compelled to resign after mismanagement of the Crimean War (1855)

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Aberdeen Cultural  

1. City in northeastern Scotland, on the North Sea.

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Other Word Forms

• Aberdonian adjective

Example Sentences

Aberdeen likes industrial conglomerate Hitachi, whose joint venture with General Electric is slated to build “small modular” nuclear power plants across the Southeast.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Only 10% of its liquefied natural gas imports flow through the embattled Strait of Hormuz, adds Hisashi Arakawa, head of Japan equities at Aberdeen Investments.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

The company plans to stop producing news programmes in Aberdeen and a number of staff in a variety of roles have left in recent weeks,

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

And back in 1983, Dundee United finished one point clear of both Celtic and Aberdeen.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

After a while, Stan remembered that Harry had paid for hot chocolate, but poured it all over Harry’s pillow when the bus moved abruptly from Anglesea to Aberdeen.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling